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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Paternal Family Tree: Vaux
Before 13th September 1588 [his father] George Vaux (age 23) and [his mother] Elizabeth Roper were married.
On 13th September 1588 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden was born to George Vaux (age 23) and Elizabeth Roper.
On 13th July 1594 [his father] George Vaux (age 29) died.
On 20th August 1595 [his grandfather] William Vaux 3rd Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 60) died. His grandson Edward (age 6) succeeded 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden.
On 23rd December 1605 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 61) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Knollys. The difference in their ages was 39 years. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk (age 44) and [his future mother-in-law] Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 41). They were third cousin once removed.
In 1627 [his future step-son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury was born to William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 83) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 44). Given the advanced age of William Knollys the true father was believed to be Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 38) who Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury married shortly after the death of Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1631 [his future step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury was born to William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 87) and [his future wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 48). Given the advanced age of William Knollys the true father is believed to be Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 42) who Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury married shortly after the death of [his future step-son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury (age 4).
On 25th May 1632 William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (age 88) died. His son [his future step-son] Edward (age 5) de jure 2nd Earl Banbury, 2nd Viscount Wallingford, 2nd Baron Knollys. Parliament disallowed the succession on the basis that Edward had been born when William was some eighty-two years old and Edward was, in fact, the son of Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 43) whom Edward's [his future wife] mother (age 49) subsequently married around a month after William's death.
Around 30th June 1632 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 43) and Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 49) were married some five weeks after the death of her first husband William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury (deceased) on 25th May 1632. They, Edward and Elizabeth, when teenagers, had been subject to marriage negotiations which broke down as a consequence of the Gunpowder Plot and she had married William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury some thirty-nine years her senior. She the daughter of Thomas Howard 1st Earl Suffolk and Catherine Knyvet Countess Suffolk (age 68). They were fifth cousin once removed.
On 23rd August 1632 [his sister-in-law] Frances Howard Countess Essex and Somerset (age 42) died.
On 3rd June 1640 [his brother-in-law] Theophilus Howard 2nd Earl Suffolk (age 57) died at Suffolk House, Suffolk Street. He was buried at Waldon Priory and Abbey [Map]. His son James (age 21) succeeded 3rd Earl Suffolk, 3rd Baron Howard de Walden.
Before June 1645 [his step-son] Edward Knollys 2nd Earl Banbury (age 18) was killed in a duel. His brother [his step-son] Nicholas (age 14) succeeded 3rd Earl Banbury, 3rd Viscount Wallingford, 3rd Baron Knollys although was never summoned to Parliament as a consequence of questions over his father's paternity.
Before February 1655 [his step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and Isabella Blount (age 25) were married. She the daughter of Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 58) and Anne Boteler Countess Newport and Portland (age 55). He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72). They were first cousin twice removed.
On 4th October 1655 [his step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 24) and Anne or Abigail Sherard (age 22) were married. He the son of William Knollys 1st Earl Banbury and [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 72).
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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.
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On 17th April 1658 [his wife] Elizabeth Howard Countess Banbury (age 75) died.
On 8th September 1661 Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden (age 72) died. His brother [his brother] Henry (age 70) succeeded 5th Baron Vaux Harrowden. He left all of his estates to his presumed son [his former step-son] Nicholas Knollys 3rd Earl Banbury (age 30).
Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 14 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 15 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 14 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vaux
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Vaux of Harrowden
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Vaux 1st Baron Vaux Harrowden
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Vaux 2nd Baron Vaux Harrowden 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Green 5 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Green 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Throckmorton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Green Baroness Vaux of Harrowden 7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Fogge
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan aka Jane Fogge
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Haute
GrandFather: William Vaux 3rd Baron Vaux Harrowden 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Lawrence Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Cheney 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cockayne 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Cheney 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Rempston
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Rempston
Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cheney Baroness Vaux Harrowden 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Parr 7 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Parr 8 x Great Grand Son of King John of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tunstall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Parr 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzhugh Baroness Vaux Harrowden 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Father: George Vaux 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Edward Vaux 4th Baron Vaux Harrowden 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Roper
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Roper
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Roper of Well Hall
Great x 1 Grandfather: Christopher Roper
GrandFather: John Roper 1st Baron Teynham
Mother: Elizabeth Roper